ratty
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ratty¹
- /ˈɹæti/ UK
- /ˈɹæti/ US
- [-ɾi] US
Rhymes with -æti
Where it comes from
From rat + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjective).
adjective rattier · rattiest
-
Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
Similar: rattish
- Infested with rats.
- In poor condition or repair. We got an old tin lantern, and a butcher knife without any handle, and a bran-new Barlow knife worth two bits in any store, and a lot of tallow candles, and a tin candlestick, and a gourd, and a tin cup, and a ratty old bed-quilt off the bed, […] and just as we were leaving I found a tolerable good
- Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
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Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
He got bad, he got ratty, he would take it out on people around him. He was mean when it turned against him.
Similar: annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, frustrated, irritable, irritated, irked, peeved, pestered
ratty²
- /ˈɹæti/ UK
- /ˈɹæti/ US
- [-ɾi] US
Rhymes with -æti
noun
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Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”).
Similar: knock down ginger
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Talk about this word "ratty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ratty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ratty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ratty "ratty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ratty.Cite this
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title = {ratty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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